Solomon's Lodge

Solomon's Lodge

Solomon's Lodge, in Savannah, Georgia is a Masonic Lodge was founded in 1734 by James Oglethorpecite book|last=Hirschfeld|first=Fritz |authorlink=|coauthors=|title=George Washington and The Jews|publisher=University of Delaware Press|date=2005|location=|pages=26|url=|doi=|id=|isbn=0874139279] and claims to be the oldest continuing operating lodge in America. [cite web|url=http://www.glofga.org/history.html|title=Our History|publisher=Grand Lodge of Georgia] [cite web|url=http://www.angelfire.com/ga/Solomon/home.html|title=Home page of Solomon's Lodge] It wasn't called Solomon's Lodge until 1776, previously being known as "The Lodge at Savannah."cite book|last=Tatsch|first=J. Hugo|title=Solomon's Lodge and Freemasonry in Georgia, Freemasonry in the Thirteen Colonies|publisher=Kessinger Publishing|date=1995|location=|pages=75|url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=MT8TG7sHDoAC&pg=PA75&lpg=PA73&ots=lpJUKRl9Mh&dq=Solomon%27s+Lodge+Savannah&sig=ACfU3U1ggHGG6uIVS_0kgNs5-yeCQl5oRg|doi=|id=|isbn=1564595951]

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